of taking advantage of vulnerable individuals and an extreme dislike of any criticism " whose " total ##itarian structure and methods may pose a risk to germany ' s democratic society " . accordingly , the german government has taken a very strong stance against the organization . germany is not alone in opposing scientology ; in france , the church of scientology was convicted of organized fraud in october 2009 , after a court found that members had been manipulated into paying large sums for scientology products , and the church only narrowly escaped being banned altogether . scientology is similarly controversial in belgium , greece and the uk . on the subject of scientology ' s status as a religion , the german government has pointed
of taking advantage of vulnerable individuals and an extreme dislike of any criticism " whose " totalitarian structure and methods may pose a risk to germany's democratic society ". accordingly, the german government has taken a very strong stance against the organization. germany is not alone in opposing scientology ; in france, the church of scientology was convicted of organized fraud in october 2009, after a court found that members had been manipulated into paying large sums for scientology products, and the church only narrowly escaped being banned altogether. scientology is similarly controversial in belgium, greece and the uk. on the subject of scientology's status as a religion, the german government has pointed